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error message: floppy disk fails (40)
Name: gary Date: June 13, 2000 at 19:47:28 Pacific
Comment:
I get this DOS message at start up:
Floppy disk fails (40)
If I press F1 I can start up. Does this mean that my floppy disk drive has died?
Name: amit Date: October 16, 2000 at 22:42:20 Pacific
Reply:
how do correct my floppy drive...what do i need to do now..i cant access my floppy drive..
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Response Number 3
Name: Willem Date: October 24, 2000 at 06:41:03 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
I got the same trouble as you (one of the trouble I have with this damn machine). It seems that it is most possible a case of a bad connection (open your computer and try...).
wish you succes, ciao, William
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Response Number 4
Name: Frank Date: November 13, 2000 at 14:53:39 Pacific
Reply:
I have the same problem, I changue the connection, the floppy driver and the problem continued.
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Response Number 5
Name: Ben Date: November 19, 2000 at 17:26:38 Pacific
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I've got the same problem. In "MY COMPUTER" it says that my 3 1/2" floppy drive is a 5 1/4" floppy drive. I reinstalled the drivers for it and it still won't work. If anyone works out how to fix this problem, please email me at: mutant_munky@hotmail.com
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Response Number 6
Name: Steve Date: January 18, 2001 at 07:11:56 Pacific
Reply:
This problem has been plagueing me for over a year now! I have 2 systems doing this and they both started after I put in brand spankin' new motherboards (one a Jetway POS and the other a Gigabyte ATX) I know for a fact that the drive is not bad/pluged in wrong/getting power/CMOS setup correct/bad cables. An given that these were new boards I'm thinking I'm missing a BIOS setting that could be incorrect. It sometimes come up wit a floppy disk fail (80) intead of (40) and in windows, any attemt to read a disk kills the disk and says it is 'unformatted'. Any help with this problem would be great considering I need to format and reinstall the OS soon.
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